Monthly Archives: July 2008

I’ve joined the editorial team at Octavo, and we have a request for art. From Jeff Calhoun (the email in the post is Jeff’s): The Alsop Review online publishing venture is starting back up again, and we need your help! … Continue reading →

In one of my Goodreads groups, a clever person had the idea of each of us challenging ourselves to read a book by an author from every country. Obviously, this is a big challenge, and not something that can be … Continue reading →

A co-worker has been arrested for drug possession. When they searched his house, they found he had been stealing explosives from work. Why? “To make fireworks.” It’s a wonder co-worker was just arrested and not blown to smithereens. Stupid co-worker.

Sure a giant cactus might look a bit like a mountain, but falling down is not a good idea.

As you may have noticed, I’m using a German template for this site.  I figured most of the instructions were fairly self-explanatory, though I have pasted the English in for a few of them.  Some?  I have no idea what … Continue reading →

We were driving up the road and I saw a cross in a field–a homemade-looking thing about 40 feet from the berm.  I wondered who had died there.  It was too far away from the road for it to have … Continue reading →

… certain words don’t mean the same thing to you as they do to others? Case in point, the web link to the “Vatican Secret Archive.” Because the first thing I do when I have a secret archive is link … Continue reading →

I don’t have a poem up at Linebreak, but I was the reader for the poem this week. It’s a neat pub, so go look.

My childhood was marred by a song. The rise and shine song. My parents thought it was hilarious to wake their children with the rise and shine song. As the years passed, the song has become something of a family … Continue reading →

… you buy it by the case. I can’t heeellllp it! For some reason, Marzetti’s Fat Free Italian Dressing isn’t available locally any longer. So I’m going straight to the source of this veritable crack of salad dressings. My problem … Continue reading →